Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 15:5

5. Now the God of patience and consolation , grant you to be like-minded one towards another , according to Christ Jesus .

He is called, The God of all Grace, 1 Pet. 5.10. The God of Hope, v. 13. The God of Peace, v. 33. The God of Love and Peace, 2 Cor. 13.11. and here, The God of Patience and Consolation. The meaning is, he is the Author and Worker thereof; you read in the former verse, of the Patience and Comfort of the Scriptures; and here he sheweth that the Scriptures don't work these of themselves, but God doth it in and by them.

This is that to which he had exhorted them, chap. 12.16. See the like 1 Cor. 1.10. 2 Cor. 13.11. Eph. 4.3. Phil. 2.2. God is the Author as of Patience and Consolation, so of Peace and Concord; the Grace of Unity, and Charity is his Gift; he maketh men of one mind and of one heart, and for this he should be enquired of by his Saints and People to do it for them.

i. e. According to his Doctrine, command or example.

Marginal references: Phil. 3.16.; Or, to mind the same thing among one another.; Or, after the example of.